Condé Nast Traveler
This is Where Health Insurance Will Cost You the Most—and Least—Around the World
The SIP Health Cost Index ranks the average cost of private health insurance in 60 countries, including Singapore, Morocco, and Malta.
Lonely Planet
9 Tombs and Temples to Visit in Luxor and Aswan
From Tutankhamun
Condé Nast Traveler
Readers’ Choice Awards: Top 10 Hotels in Africa 2026
Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top hotels in Africa outside Morocco and South Africa.
Lonely Planet
The Best Things to Eat and Drink in Egypt
Egyptian cuisine reflects the complex and varied cultural history of the nation itself. This is everything you need to know about what to eat and drink.
Lonely Planet
Top Tips for Exploring Egypt on a Budget
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Lonely Planet
The Top Things to Do in Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, the original city that never sleeps, is at the epicenter of the action in Egypt. Here are the best things to do there.
National Geographic
Where and What to Eat on the Streets of Cairo
A walking tour of the capital offers a delicious window into Egypt’s past and present, with cardamom-infused coffee and sweets laced with rosewater.
National Geographic
The Ultimate Guide to Egypt in 15 Experiences
Touring the pyramids and sailing down the Nile are undoubted highlights of any trip to Egypt — but what else should be on your list?
National Geographic
For a New Perspective on Luxor's West Bank, Hop on a Bike
One of the world’s great open-air museums, Luxor’s West Bank is also a living, breathing neighbourhood best explored by bicycle.
National Geographic
5 Highlights of Egypt's New Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has been more than two decades in the making, a feat of patience that invites comparison with the nearby Great Pyramid of Giza. Its recent unveiling proves, once again, ...
Condé Nast Traveler
The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Worth Traveling For
From converted monasteries to redwood forested reading rooms, the most beautiful libraries are for truly ones for the books.
National Geographic
The Best Way to See the Nile? Take a Slow Cruise Aboard a Dahabiya
Travelling aboard a traditional dahabiya reveals the slow side of life on the Nile — one where fisherfolk ply the waters and families invite guests into their kitchens.
Condé Nast Traveler
19 Cheap Places to Travel: Where Your Dollar Will Take You the Furthest Right Now
These are the countries where your dollar will take you the furthest.
Atlas Obscura
Red Sea Terminal in Marsa Alam, Egypt
Most airport terminals are designed simply to move travelers from one place to another. Terminal 1 at Hurghada International Airport attempts something more ambitious: turning the landscape outside into part of the building. Opened in late 2014, the terminal covers approximately 92,600 square meters across three main levels. Its most distinctive feature is the enormous elevated ceiling, whose f…
The New York Times
How to Catch the ‘Eclipse of the Century’ in 2027, When Spain, Egypt and More Go Dark
On Aug. 2, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East will witness a solar blockbuster with extra-long totality. If you want to see it, book soon.
Atlas Obscura
The Atlas Obscura Guide to the 2027 Total Solar Eclipse
On August 2, 2027, the Moon's shadow will cross southern Spain, North Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Near Luxor, in the Nile Valley, totality will last six minutes and twenty-three seconds. That number is the whole story. Most total eclipses give you two or three minutes. The celebrated North American eclipse of 2024 managed four and a half at its very best. Six minutes and twenty-three sec…
Lonely Planet
A Guide To The Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza
After over two decades of planning and construction, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo is now open to visitors. Here
Lonely Planet
The best times to visit Egypt
With tombs, pyramids and towering temples, Egypt brings out the explorer in all of us. This handy month-by-month guide shows the best time to visit Egypt.
Condé Nast Traveler
The 20 Most Beautiful Towns in the World for Every Type of Traveler
From fourth-century temple ruins to UNESCO-listed neighborhoods, these quaint getaways prove that bigger isn’t always better.
Afar
Why Theodore Roosevelt’s New Presidential Library Is Worth the Trip
North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library aims to be one of the eco-friendliest buildings in the country and a model for a new generation of immersive history museums.
Lonely Planet
10 of the best places to snorkel in the world
From swimming near whale sharks to spotting colorful fish over a reef, here are the world
Condé Nast Traveler
The Best Hotels and Resorts in the World: The Gold List 2026
Our editors across the globe share their favorite places to stay.
Condé Nast Traveler
On an Anniversary Trip to Bhutan, Swapping 25 Years of Whirlwind Travels for Stillness
Shunali Khullar Shroff and her husband embrace companionable silence in Bhutan.
Condé Nast Traveler
Inside the Long-Awaited Opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum
After several phases of launch, Giza's newest landmark can now be explored in full.
Condé Nast Traveler
Finding Serenity While Trekking Egypt's Rugged Sinai Trails
Led by Bedouin guides and camping under the stars, Nada El Sawy tackles unmarked paths around Saint Catherine's Monastery.
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Smithsonian Magazine
A Sweeping Transformation Is Underway as the Grand Egyptian Museum Prepares to Officially Open and the Giza Plateau Braces for a Record-Breaking Influx of Visitors
The Egyptian government is making changes to enhance the visitor experience around the pyramids, but are these modifications threatening the livelihoods of local communities rooted in generations-old tourism practices?